Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria

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140 Pierre-Joseph REDOUTÉ Flemish 1759–1840 Ficus rubeginosa c. 1803 watercolour and gouache over pencil, red and gold pen and ink on vellum The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge PD.122-1973.67 A colour engraving after this watercolour was one of forty-six Australian plants published for Josephine Bonaparte (the future Empress Josephine) in Jardin de la Malmaison (The garden at Malmaison), 1803–04. © COPYRIGHT This document remains the property of the National Gallery of Victoria and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.

Pierre-Joseph REDOUTÉ Flemish 1759–1840 Melaleuca chlorantha 1812 watercolour and gouache over pencil, red and gold pen and ink on vellum Acacia linifolia 1813 watercolour and gouache over pencil, red and gold pen and ink on vellum Metrosyderos pallida 1812 watercolour and gouache over pencil, red and gold pen and ink on vellum Eucalyptus diversifolia 1811 watercolour and gouache over pencil, red and gold pen and ink on vellum The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge PD.122-1973.8, PD.122-1973.13. PD.122-1973.19, PD.122-1973.41 Colour engravings after these watercolours were four of the twenty-three Australian plants published for Empress Josephine in Description des plantes rares cultivées à Malmaison et à Navarre (Description of the Rare Plants Cultivated at Malmaison and Navarre), 1812–17. 141 © COPYRIGHT This document remains the property of the National Gallery of Victoria and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.

Pierre-Joseph REDOUTÉ<br />

Flemish 1759–1840<br />

Melaleuca chlorantha<br />

1812<br />

watercolour and gouache over pencil, red and gold pen<br />

and ink on vellum<br />

Acacia linifolia<br />

1813<br />

watercolour and gouache over pencil, red and gold pen<br />

and ink on vellum<br />

Metrosyderos pallida<br />

1812<br />

watercolour and gouache over pencil, red and gold pen<br />

and ink on vellum<br />

Eucalyptus diversifolia<br />

1811<br />

watercolour and gouache over pencil, red and gold pen<br />

and ink on vellum<br />

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge PD.122-1973.8, PD.122-1973.13.<br />

PD.122-1973.19, PD.122-1973.41<br />

Colour engravings after these watercolours<br />

were four <strong>of</strong> the twenty-three Australian<br />

plants published for Empress Josephine in<br />

Description des plantes rares cultivées à<br />

Malmaison et à Navarre (Description <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Rare Plants Cultivated at Malmaison and<br />

Navarre), 1812–17.<br />

141<br />

© COPYRIGHT<br />

This document remains the property <strong>of</strong> the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> and must be returned upon request. Reproduction in part or in whole is prohibited without written authorisation.

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